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Each of the Commissioner's spoke and expressed concerns regarding parking and traffic due to the coming and going of students and teachers. They all felt they would like to have the school in Pleasanton but that its present location was not appropriate, perhaps if should be in a more commercial area, not in a residen- tial area. Commissioner Doherty, seconded by Commissioner Jamieson, moved to deny the application. ROLL CALL VOTE Ayes: Commissioners Doherty, Jamieson, Wilson Chairperson Getty Noes : Commissioner Lindsey Resolution No. 2028 was entered and adopted denying Case PUD-81-12. GP-81-4, Widenin of Ho and Road - Circulation Element Application o the City o P easanton to amen the Circulation Element of the General Plan to show Hopyard Road between West Las Positas Boulevard and I-580 as a six-lane major thoroughfare. rather than a four-lane thoroughfare and to construct roadway improvements (Includ- ing utilities) to widen to six lanes the existing four-lane Hopyard Road between Valley Avenue and Johnson Drive. The six lane roadway will include median, bicycle lanes, left/right turn lanes and acceler- ation/deceleration lanes as required. The improvements include con- struction of a bridge across the Arroyo Mocho adjacent to the existing bridge. The improvements just southerly of Johnson Drive may require some acquisition of improved properties; otherwise, the improvements will take place easterly of the existing roadway and within existing right-of-way. A negative declaration of environmental impacts will also be considered. P4r. Harris reviewed the staff report. Mr. Edward Andrews, 6216 Roslin Court, spoke in opposition to the widening and expressed concern regarding noise levels and increase in truck traffic. Mr. Don Savery, 6738 Rancho Court was concerned about the trees on Hopyard Road (approximately 60 on the east side) and would like an effort made to move the trees in order to preserve them. He was also upset by the number of cross streets being added and wanted a limita- tion on the Prudential property regarding entrances and exits. Mr. Savery also addressed the issue of widening the I-580 overpass indi- cating that there is a bottleneck there and. widening Hopyard would be useless unless the freeway overpass is also widened. Mr. Joe Callahan of CPS & Associates indicated his company was now trying to determine if the trees can be moved and survive and will move to a new location acceptable to the City. He also stated they will only be adding two cross streets to Hopyard. -13-